I call a set X of positive integers strongly lcm-closed if a,b ∈ X if and only if lcm(a,b) ∈ X. In the finite case X is the set of divisors of lcmx ∈ Xx. But in the infinite case it is more interesting, for example, ${a geq 1: a notequiv 0 pmod p}$ and ${p^a:a geq 0}$ for any prime p, are strongly lcm-closed sets.
Which sets are strongly lcm-closed sets?
This question arose in my Ph.D. thesis (p.107) where strongly lcm-closed sets describe where autotopisms of Latin squares give rise to subsquares.
As a side question:
Is there a common name for strongly lcm-closed sets?
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